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PLoS Clinical Trials
PLoS Clinical Trials is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Public Library of Science.
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ISSN 1555-5887Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Scopus · Inactive
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is PLoS Clinical Trials indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2006–2007).
What is the impact factor of PLoS Clinical Trials?
PLoS Clinical Trials has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes PLoS Clinical Trials and what is its ISSN?
PLoS Clinical Trials is published by Public Library of Science. Its ISSN is 1555-5887.
Is PLoS Clinical Trials in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is PLoS Clinical Trials open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed PLoS Clinical Trials for 2 years, between 2006 and 2007. Coverage ended in 2007, 19 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 69 works and 3,698 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2010, 3 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2007. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is PLoS Clinical Trials? — open metrics via OpenAlex
PLoS Clinical Trials has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
32
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
54
i10-index
69
works indexed
3,698
total citations
PLoS Clinical Trials published 28 papers in 2007; its busiest recent year was 2006 with 41. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for PLoS Clinical Trials? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2007. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2007
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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